Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Work Session - July 7, 2020

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FBI releases composite photo of missing Amish girl

Linda Stoltzfoos

The FBI has created a composite photo of what she might look like in street clothes.

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https://www.abc27.com/news/local/lancaster/fbi-releases-composite-picture-of-missing-amish-girl/

Borough workers spruce up the bridge plaza for the holiday

Columbia Borough workers spent the last two days sprucing up the plaza at the entrance to the Veterans Memorial Bridge. Workers mowed, weeded, and spread mulch in preparation for the July 4th holiday.

"Music in the Park" concerts coming to Locust Street Park

PA Department of Labor extends unemployment benefits

 The Pennsylvania Department of Labor announced today that they will be extending unemployment benefits for up to thirteen more weeks.

In a release, the department said that those who exhaust their benefits, including those under the Federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, may qualify for additional weeks of payments under the state's extended benefits program.

Extended benefits would begin with the week ending July 4th and are only payable for weeks the beneficiary remains unemployed.

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https://www.pahomepage.com/top-news/pa-department-of-labor-extends-unemployment-benefits/ 

Man sues parole agent, Columbia police claiming excessive force used

A Columbia man claims in a federal excessive force lawsuit that a state parole agent shocked him with a Taser two years ago, then either the agent or a borough police officer kicked him in the head, while he was unconscious.

Matthew Allen Grab, 39, filed the suit in U.S. District Court in April.

Parole agent Scott Lapp, the borough, Chief Jack Brommer and a John Doe officer are named as defendants.

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https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/man-sues-parole-agent-columbia-police-claiming-excessive-force-used/article_4bcfdfe4-bb14-11ea-bb82-1fc999bd4ebf.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share 

Columbia councilwoman's calls to make police use-of-force policy in borough public are hindered

Columbia Councilwoman Sharon Lintner has been trying to get a copy of the borough police department's use-of-force policy since June 4.

She still doesn't have it.

She said she tried to get her concerns about getting access to the policy addressed at a council executive session after a council meeting earlier this month, but it wasn't discussed.

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https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-councilwomans-calls-to-make-police-use-of-force-policy-in-borough-public-are-hindered/article_9ff5b1f0-baf3-11ea-824c-eb4f6cc81c63.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share